Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43626, John Godfrey, N.H.

SERVICE
N. 16.
Godfrey John
NUMBER
S. 43626
CONTENTS
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File No.
43626
John Godfrey His Rev. Rev
Act:
18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol.
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[Arrangement of 1870.]

3,975
New York Roll.
✓ John Godfrey Capt Frye Private New Hampshire Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of New York - at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 26 th of March 1818 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th of October 1818 and sent to William Barclay Agent Albany
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818. $ 42  \frac{6}{31} + \frac{4}{30} - 42:60 Semi-annual all'ee ending 4 th March 1819 — 48: —
Reid $90:60
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
7 Years
25 July 21
✓ Continued Albany. Dead.
W. H. Williams Esq. 22 nd July 1820. Albany New York

Suspended for N. H. Roly
Found on the Roll
Adm 2

[No. 1....Declaration.]
I John Godfrey — of the City — of Albany in the county of Albany in the state of New-York, Do, according to the act of the Congress of the United States of America, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," make the following DECLARATION under oath, that is to say: I do solemnly declare , that I am a resident citizen of the United States, to wit, in the town, county and state aforesaid, and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, I am in need of assistance from my country for support. I do further declare , that I was a private soldier in the War of the Revolution , and that I served as such in the said war of the revolution, against the common enemy, until the end of the said war, for the term of seven years and upwards in the continental establishment
That I belonged to the company commanded by Capt. Isaac Frey — in Col. Geo. Reed's — regiment, and in the line of New Hampshire And I do further declare, that I entered the said service the in the year day of one thousand seven hundred and seventy six and left the said service on the day of in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty three having left the same by reason of the expiration of my said term of enlistment
And I do further declare, that I hereby relinquish all claim to every and any Pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, or of any individual state. Witness my hand, this twenty sixth day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
WITNESS
Sam d Haring  John Godfrey
[No. 2....Judge's Certificate.]
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } To wit: COUNTY OF ALBANY, }
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the twenty sixth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen at the city of Albany, in the county of Albany, and state of New-York, before me Samuel Haring — Esquire, one of the Judges of the Albany Court of Common Pleas — in and for the County of Albany in the said state, duly appointed, qualified and sworn, (the same Court being one of the Courts of Record of the said state) personally came and appeared, the before named applicant John Godfrey — who resides in the town, county, and state mentioned in the above declaration, and in my presence subscribed the foregoing Declaration ; and also before me then and there he was duly sworn to the truth of the facts contained and set forth in the said declaration.—And it appearing to my satisfaction, as well from the said declaration under oath, as from such other evidence as was in the power of the said applicant to produce, that the said applicant served in the Revolutionary War as aforesaid, against the common enemy, and that the declaration aforesaid under oath of the said applicant is in all other respects true, I do therefore certify and transmit the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War, according to the requisitions of the act of Congress in that case made. Given under my hand and seal, at the city of Albany, in the state of New-York, the day and year first above mentioned in this certificate.
Note
See affidavit of Nicholas Boon on the other side
Sam d Haring

State of New York City of Albany - 3 d ps. Nicholas Boorn being duly sworn saith that he hath known John Godfrey mentioned in the foregoing declaration for many years and that he knows that he the said John Godfrey served in the Revolutionary war from personal knowledge and that he verily believes his said declaration to be true in all other respects -
Sworn this 20 th day of March 1818 -
Nicholas his Boorn mark
Am. Haring
Judge of Albany Common Pleas
Clerks office City & County of Albany 3 d ps. I certify that Samuel Haring before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn and who subscribed the foregoing certificate is a Judge of the Court of Com- mon Pleas in and for the County of Albany in the State of New York and the signatures are his own proper hand writing -
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said Court - this 27 th day of April 1818 -
George Michael Clerk

The Honorable Secretary of the War Department,
Albany,
SIR,
The preceding Vouchers are forwarded to the War Department for the purpose of procuring the Applicant, named in such Vouchers, to be placed on the Pension List .
I will thank you to forward to me as soon as possible, the Certificate or Document of the Application being granted, in the manner adopted in your Department.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, Your most obedient Servant,
Wm. Barclay, Agent for the Applicant.

John Godfrey-
3975
26 Oct 1818
Car

STATE OF NEW-YORK, Albany City Mayor's Court
On this Fifth day of July 1820 personally appeared in open court, (being a court of record in and for the said City according to the solemn adjudications of the Supreme Court of this state, and being a court which proceeds according to the course of common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and possessing the power of fine and imprisonment) John Godfrey aged Sixty three years, resident in the City of Albany in said State who, being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows: from the year 1775 until the year 1783 inclusive, that he belonged to Capt. Isaac Frye's Company, 8 Col Scamell's Regiment of the New Hampshire line until the siege at Yorktown and afterward under Col. George Reed who took the command of the same Regiment That on the 24 th day of March 1818 he made his declaration and obtained a pension certificate number 3,975. That he has no family at present. That he has been sick and under the care of a Physician upwards of a year and totally unable to support himself by his labor.
And I do solemnly Swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the 18th of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
(Signed) John Godfrey
That he has no schedule to make of any property either Real or personal (except wearing apparel & some bedding) nor any debts due to him, or contracts w.h. at soever by which he has any income. And had it not been for the pension already by him received from the United States he must have suffered or been supported at the public expense.
Sworn to & Declared in open Court this 5 th of July 1820 H. N. McLaugh
(Signed) John Godfrey
STATE OF NEW-YORK, City County of Albany Clerk's Office
Henry Williams Clerk of the Court of the City of Albany do hereby certify, that the foregoing Declaration and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court, that the total amount, in value, of property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is Nothing dollars and Nothing cents. In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 5 th day of July 1820
Henry Williams Clerk.